Chapter 85 The Battle of Anlern Hills (4)

The Puchetti warrior screamed, leaned forward, lost his balance, and rolled down the hillside screaming.

Tspit quickly rolled to the left on the spot, avoiding the stabbing spear...

This situation was staged from time to time on the Puchetti line of defense, forcing the Puchetti to retreat involuntarily, and the number of javelins that were naturally thrown at the Dionian soldiers was greatly reduced.

"Seventh Battalion, great work!" A soldier praised loudly behind Leotides.

"Speed ​​up! Climb up quickly!..." Taking this opportunity, the squad leader Parmanius in the center of his small phalanx urged loudly.

The flag-bearer waving the flag continuously forward.

Seeing that the Light Shield Soldier was acting alone, how could they be willing to lag behind, they cooperated with each other and tried their best to climb up. They were soon trampled by them at a height of 30 meters, and the Light Shield Soldier had already retreated. On both sides of the small phalanx, only the enemy was left in front of them.

"Hades!!!" The soldiers shouted the name of the Patronus of the Alliance, raised their round shields and greeted them...

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The troops of Triphias and Toudeples rushed to the position set by the right flank. Usually, they also had to spend a long time rectifying the queue before launching the attack, but with the Dionian army already engaged, they were stimulated to speed up by this.

Since there was no enemy in front, Triphias and Tudpres both mixed light infantry into the phalanx to enhance the thickness of the entire phalanx, and hurriedly began to climb the mountain in a more scattered formation.

The empty gentle slope more than 20 meters high can be easily climbed up, and they will attack the enemy's flank to determine the victory of the battle.

But as they climbed the slope with confidence and ease, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain.

Messapie cavalry! Triphias was shocked, and then calmed down: Although the Messapi cavalry is powerful, but this is not flat ground, there is not enough area for them to gallop, they dare to fight the heavy infantry directly? !

The Heraclea-Metapontum coalition continues its upward march.

The cavalry on the top of the slope began to throw short javelins.

Just as the Greeks raised their shields to defend, many people began to exclaim: "Cavalry! The Messapi cavalry is behind us!!"

The soldiers only heard the rumbling behind them, and the Messapi cavalry of the brigade circled into the mountain path from a distance and began to throw javelins at the rear of the formation of Greek soldiers who were climbing the hill.

After this sudden blow, the Heraklia-Metapontum coalition was a little confused for a while.

In fact, not only the Messapi cavalry but also the Pucherti cavalry appeared here, with a total of 1,300 cavalry. At this moment, the cavalrymen on the top of the mountain began to caress the head of their mounts, and whispered something to Aiqi with their bodies, their eyes were filled with reluctance, and soon their expressions became firm.

"Lycaon!!!" The Puchetti cavalry raised their hands and shouted.

"Lycaon!!!" The Messapi cavalrymen also responded one after another. King Lycaon dared to tease Zeus, the main god of Greece. Although he was turned into a wolf, most of his descendants regarded him as a hero, and everyone would shout his name before the war to boost morale. The Mesapis, which had been gradually abandoned by the Hellenistic influence, are now picking it up again.

The cavalrymen on the top of the mountain clasped their horses' necks with both hands, and their legs slammed into the horse's belly. Hundreds of war horses began to run down the hillside in a loose formation, and the speed became faster and faster. But it does not affect the speed and fighting spirit of the cavalry.

"Raise...raise the shield to defend..." Triphias saw this situation, and his mind was blank for a while.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Heraclea-Metapontum coalition, this is like facing rows of boulders rolling down from the mountain, and no one dares to stop the powerful kinetic energy that roars! Just when they tried to dodge in horror, the cavalry had already collided with the phalanx head-on-suddenly, the horses neighed, the horses folded and flew, and the Greek soldiers rolled to the ground, almost no one standing... …

The Greek phalanx collapsed in an instant.

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Davos soon received Tormid's reward: a large number of enemy horses suddenly appeared on the right flank.

He immediately felt a little uneasy and made a decisive decision: "Izam, lead your brigade to immediately reinforce the troops of Triphias and Tudples, and after repelling the enemy's cavalry, continue to attack the enemy's flank!"

"Yes!" Izam finally waited for the task. He beat his right chest with his left fist in excitement. After salute to Davos, he ran down the hill and came to the pass. The opponent shouted: "Brothers, follow me. Go kill the enemy!"

In the cheers, the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade held a smaller leather shield in their left hand and a short sword only for them in their right hand, and rushed to the right wing briskly.

Eumacas doesn't understand why these Dionysians are so keen to fight, but he is still shocked by their high fighting spirit, and secretly decides: Tarantum will not have to, try not to fight Dionys who loves to fight Aaki conflict.

"Lord Davos, no matter how powerful the Mesapis' cavalry is, they can't match the Greek heavy infantry, not to mention that this is a mountainous area, you don't need to send troops to reinforce." Yumachus couldn't help but persuaded.

"What we all know, how can the Mesapi people who are good at cavalry not know, but they still send cavalry, there is a problem." Davos said calmly.

Eumacas was a little more worried when he heard that he was right.

Before, the messenger Thormid had gathered the information continuously sent back by the messengers who were waiting at the rear of the two legions and each battalion, and then reported to Davos: "The team led by Amyntas will be at the bottom of the central valley. The Messapi heavy infantry was forced to retreat step by step... The first and second armies on the left and right flanks also had a slight advantage in the fight against the Puchetti who occupied the terrain. Moreover, after the two light infantry battalions withdrew from the frontal battle, According to your instructions, the troops have begun to join forces and then detour to the left (as the troops of Heraclea and Metapontum are detouring on the right) to attack the enemy's flank..."

With the entire line in the upper hand, Davos has realized that the enemy's troops are less than his own. This is the first time since he led the army in Greater Greece to fight in the battle, so he has the confidence to send reinforcements. Nip any possible downside in the bud.

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King Puchetti Climone never imagined that the current battlefield situation was completely opposite to what he had imagined. Not only were the Mesapis, who were heavily guarded in the lower part of the valley, forced to retreat step by step, but even his proud Puchetti warriors were occupied. Despite the obvious geographical advantage, it failed to repel the enemy.

Although it is in a stalemate now, judging from the situation of on-site battles, this stalemate cannot last, because Tremonis knew that his soldiers were poorly equipped and he had few soldiers. Make your own array roughly the same length as the enemy's array to prevent flanking attacks. But when the geographical advantage and the bravery of the warriors are not enough to block and repel the enemy, the stalemate will only benefit the opponent. Now, the only good news is that the cavalry has routed the enemy on the far left.

Tremonis hoped that after they quickly dispelled the enemy, they could assist the left-wing troops to defeat the enemy in front of them, thus laying the foundation for the victory of the battle.

At this time, Tremoney saw his detective riding down the mountain from a distance, turned over and dismounted, and hurried up the mountain, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, more than a thousand enemies have reinforced the left flank, and our cavalry is caught in... a hard fight!"

In fact, the hard fight is just a euphemism. In fact, the Maple mixed cavalry rushed down from the top of the mountain, attacked from front and back, and defeated the Heraclea-Metapontum coalition. It was originally narrow, and the enemy and our party were mixed together, so it was somewhat blocked. The speed advantage of the cavalry was completely lost, but the Greek soldiers lost their courage and just ran away and did not resist. But when Izam's brigade bypassed the mountain road and surrounded it from both sides of the mountain, the disaster of the Maple cavalry came.

Riding on a horse without a saddle and fighting in place, the riders could not use their full strength to fight against the Dionians, but it was almost impossible to withdraw from the crowded road immediately. Under the protection of leather shields, the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance brigade can not only stab people but also hurt horses with their short swords. The fleeing Greek soldiers were helped, and gradually regained their morale, and began to fight... The Maple cavalry fell to their death, and it was not far from defeat.

"What?! How could the Greeks still have an army that hasn't joined the fight!!" Tremoney stared at the scout cavalry. In this era, the city-state battle has not retained the habit of reserve teams, and all the forces will be pressed together during the battle. Therefore, Tremonis dared to risk using cavalry attacks in terrain that was obviously unfavorable for cavalry. Now his greatest hope for victory That's how it was snuffed out.

He took a few steps forward and looked at the opposite mountain top, where he could see the golden flag looming, and he knew that the enemy's coach was there.

"The military genius of Megatron Nanyi..." Tremoney muttered in a low voice, feeling depressed.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Purlo asked out loud when he saw Tremoney in a trance.

How to do? retreat? Now that the two armies are strangled together, how can they easily retreat, that will only increase the casualties of the Puchetti people, and I still underestimate the Dionysians! This is said to be an emerging city-state alliance army with strong combat effectiveness. If you can avoid fighting with it in the future, try to avoid it... Tremoney actually had a hint of fear in his heart, regretting that he should not have been arrogant for a while. We should choose to ambush the Tarantums and leave the task of intercepting Dionian reinforcements to the Mesapis...

"...Wait." After a long time, Tremoney spit out a word.

Purlo was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that Tremoni was talking about waiting for the Messapis to solve the Tarantum and arriving as soon as possible for reinforcements. Lemony's usual practice!

Purlo thought worriedly in his heart: What if the Messapien came late!